Jodi Long

Most of Long's film roles have been bit parts that capitalize on her dignified, statuesque demeanor--reporters, TV journalists, dedicated mothers. She had more to do with a major supporting role in Paul Schrader's "Patty Hearst" (1988) as Wendy Yoshimura, a relatively moderate member of the SLA who befriends the heiress. Long had a rare lead in Mike Newell's "Soursweet" (1988), a British feature about a struggling Hong Kong family that opens a cheap eatery in a London suburb. Her feature credits have included "Splash" (1984), Woody Allen's "Oedipus Wrecks" sequence in "New York Stories" (1989), "Alice" (1990), "Amos and Andrew" and "Striking Distance" (both 1993).